Comparative register.



No. 735,551. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

R. W. MESSENGER. COMPARATIVE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1902. H0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

No. 735,551. EATENTED AUG'. 4, 1903. E. w. MESSENGER.

UOMPARATIVE REGISTER.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

PATENT OEEICE.

COM PARATIVE REGISTER.

. SPECIFICATION refining part of Letters Patent No. 735,551, dated August 4, 190e.

Application filed May 24, 1902. Serial No. 108,813. (No model.)

To all whom t 711.603/ concern..-

Beit known that I, ROBERT W. MESSENGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Federalsburg, in the county of Caroline and State of Maryland, lhave invented a new and Improved Comparative Register, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved comparative register designed for use in fruit canning and packing establishments and like places and arranged to readily determine the amount of Work turned out by a workman during a certain length of time from the amount of raw material delivered to himfor instance, to register how many basketfuls of unpeeled tomatoes a peeler in a canning and packing establishment received during a day and how many basketfuls of peeled tomatoes he returned in the same time-'thus enabling the person in charge of the establishment to obtain a comparative record of the labor of the peeler.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view of the improvement, parts being in section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same on the line 4E 4L of Fig. Fig. 5 is a face view of one of the inner keyholes, and Fig. 6 is a like view of one of the outer keyholes.

The improved comparative register is placed at or near the Workmans bench or table and is mounted in a suitably-constructed casing A, having a fixed apertured top A and a glassV cover B, and within the said casing are arranged independent registering mechanisms, of which the one in the left-hand side of the casing is the receiving mechanism, designed to register the amount of rawr material in unit measure received by the Workman, and the other is located in the right-hand side of the casing and is the delivery mechanism em' ployed for registering the amount of the iin= ished work in the same unit measure delivered by the Workman and turned out from the raw material received. The tWo register-v ing mechanisms are alike in construction, so that it suiiices to describe but one in detail.

A shaft C is mounted to turn in suitable bearings held in the casing A, and on the said shaft is keyed or otherwise fastened a units numeral-wheel D formed on its peripheral surface With the consective numerals from 0 to 9, and on one face of the said numeral- Wheel D are secured projecting. pins D, arranged in a circle equally spaced apart and corresponding in number to the numerals on the peripheral surface of the Wheel. A springdog E engages the pins D (see Fig. 3) to hold the wheel against accidental turning in either direction, and the said pins are adapted to be engaged successively by the bit F of a key F, extending through a keyhole A3 in the front of the casing and through a keyhole A5 in an auxiliary plate A, held within the casing and forming part thereof, as plainly shown in Fig. 3, the said plate A6 having a bearing A4 for the reduced end F2 of the key F to limit the inward movement thereof and to hold the shank of the key in proper position for the bit to engage one of the pins D/ at a time to turn the Wheel D to bring the next numeral thereof to View through one of the apertures A2 in the top A of the easing. Thus when the key is inserted, as shown in Fig. 3, and a half-turn is given to the same then the bit F engages one of the pins D and turns the Wheel D in the direction of the arrow a', so that the next higher numeral is displayed in the aperture A2. On the face of the numeral-wheel D opposite the one carrying the pins D is arranged a single pin D2, adapted to engage at every revolution of the numeral-Wheel D one of the arms of a wheel G, mounted to rotate loosely on ashaft H, held in the casing A below the shaft C.

The arms of the Wheel G are sufficiently wide for the arms to engage successively pins l', similar to the pins D and projecting from one face of the tens-Wheel I, mounted to rotate loosely on the shaft C and displaying its peripheral numerals through one of the aper- ICO tures A2 in the top A of the casing. Now whenever the unit-wheel D completes a revolution its pin D2 turns the wheel G by one of its arms, so that this arm in engagement with a pin I turns the tens-wheel I to display the next higher numeral in the aperture A2.

The device is used as follows: The unit and tens wheels D and I of both registering mechanisms are set to O at the beginning of the days work by the person in charge of the establishment, and when a basketful of tomatoes, for instance, is brought to the peeler then the key F is inserted to turn the u nits-wheel D of the receiving-registering mechanism, so that the units-wheel displays the numeral l at the opening A2, thus indicating that one basketful of tomatoes has been delivered to the peeler. This operation is repeated for every basketfu'l of tomatoes delivered to the peeler during the days work. lVhen the peeler has iilled a basket with peeled tomatoes, then the party taking away the basketful of such peeled tomatoes inserts the key F to turn the unitswheel D of the delivery-registering mechanism, so that the said units-wheel displays the numeral 1, and this operation is repeated for every basketful of peeled tomatoes taken away from the peeler. Now it will be seen that the comparative register at the end of the days work indicates at the left-hand side how many basketfuls of unpeeled tomatoes have been delivered to the peeler, and the deliveryregistering mechanism indicates how many basketfuls of tomatoes the peeler peeled from the tomatoes delivered to him. It will be seen that according to the skill of the peeler he is enabled to turn out more or less basketfuls of peeled tomatoes. For instance, as shown in Fig. l, the peeler received sixtythree basketfuls and turned the same into thirty-two basketfuls of peeled tomatoes.

Now it is very important in large establishments to obtain a comparative record of the workmen employed, as those that are able to turn out more peeled tomatoes from a certain quantity than others are more effective workmen and more valuable to the establishment. Furthermore, the knowledge that any appreciable waste will appear at once and that any appreciable saving will commend itself to the foremans and employers eyes will tend to make the workmen careful to the utmost degree. It is also desirable to obtain a record of, say, a months or a years work of a certain peeler, and for this purpose each of the registering mechanisms is provided with supplementary registering-wheels indicating totals and controlled from the units registeringwheel D. For the purpose mentioned the shaft C is provided with a ratchet-wheel J, keyed or otherwise fastened to the shaft and engaged by a pawl J', fulcrumed on the unitswheel K, mounted to rotate loosely on the shaft C, and this units-wheel K is provided on one face with pins K', engaged by a dog E', to hold the numeral-wheel against accidental turning. The other face of this numeral-wheel is provided with a pin K2, adapted to actuate a wheel Gfsimilar to the wheel G and likewise mounted to rotate loosely on the shaft II. This wheel G cooperates with pins L on a tens-wheel L, mounted to rotate loosely on the shaft C and provided with a single pin L2, adapted to engage a wheel G2, similar to the wheels G and G and also mounted to rotate loosely on the shaft I-I. The arms of the wheel G2 are adapted to engage pins I on a hundreds-wheel N, likewise mounted to rotate loosely on the shaft C, the said wheels K, L, and N displaying their peripheral numerals through apertures K2 in the top A of the casing. Now it will be seen that when the shaft C turns on turning the units-wheel D, actuated by the key F, then the shaft C turns the ratchet-wheel J, and the latter bythe pawl J turns the numeral-wheel K, so that the latter rotates with the wheel D. lVhen the wheel K completes one revolution, its pin K2 actuates the wheel J, and the latter acting on the pins L turns the tens-wheel L, the same as the Wheel G turns the tens-wheel I. The tens- Wheel L on completing a revolution actuates the wheel G2, which by its arms acting on the pins L actuates the hundreds-wheel N for the latter to display the next higher numeral in the aperture A2. If desired, a thousands and tens-thousands wheel may be employed and ated one from the other; but I have found by practice that the three wheels K, L, and N are sufficient for obtaining a months record of a peeler.

By having the ratchet-wheel J and pawl J connected with the units-wheel K it is evident that the Wheels D and I can be reset at the beginning of every days workwithout changing the positions of the wheels K, L, and N.

IIaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A comparative register, comprising a casing having two series of openings in one wall, two similar and independent registering mechanisms mounted end to end in the casing, each registering mechanism having units and tens wheels, the units-wheels being provided with a number of pins on one face and a single pin on its other face, and the tens-wheels with a number of pins on its face opposite the face of the units-wheel carrying the single pin, a wheel provided with arms adapted to be engaged by the single pin of the units-wheel to be turned thereby and to engage the pins of the tens-wheel to turn the same, and a key having an angular bit for engaging the pins of the units-wheels, as set forth.

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.2. A comparative register, comprising a casing, a units-wheel having on one face a single pin and on the other face a plurality of pins, a dog engaging the plurality of pins to hold the wheel against accidental turning, a key having an angular bit for engaging the pins of the Wheel for turning,` the saine, a tens-Wheel loosely mounted on the shaft of lthe units-Wheel and provided With pins on its face opposite the face of the units-Wheel having` a single pin, and a loosely-mounted Wheel having peripheral. arms proj ecting between the units and tens Wheels and engaged by the pins thereof, as set forth.

A register of the character described, comprising a casing having keyholes in one Wall, and provided with plates spaced from the Wall having the keyholes therein, Aand each provided With a keyhole and a bearing, independent registering mechanisms in the casing, and a key having a reduced end and an angular bit, the bit of the key Working in the inner keyhole, and engaging the pins of the units-Wheel, as set forth.

4. In a comparative register, the combination of a shaft, a key-operated units-Wheel secured thereon, atens-Wheel loosely mounted on the shaft, means for operating` the tens- ROBERT XV. MESSENGER.

lVitnesses:

W. T. EDINGTEN, JOSEPH W. NOBLE. 

